A little guidance please.

I would get a new skimmer or try to fix your bullet. You might also look at octopus skimmers, they have a number of in sump options and are known as a fairly reliable brand. IME Bermuda skimmers are excellent as well but I only have experience working with external ones. I'm not sure if they make an in-sump version but it would be worth looking into IMO. I would put some live rock back into your sump. Your post is ironic because I just went through something similar with my system albeit much smaller. I cut the amount of live rock in half and added small powerheads to my skimmer/drain chamber and refugium as well as did about a 70 percent water change and cleaned everything that could be cleaned.
 
Have you been able to find out what is causing your issues?(nitrates,phospahtes, high tds?)

Everything you are doing is definatly a good thing. One other thing you could consider is a good filter sock routine to catch the detritus before it hits your sump and collects.

Your rock could be storing what is causing your bloom, I wouldnt look to this cleaning to be the magic bullet. It never seems to work that way for me anyway. Fighting algae seems to be a drawn out process in my tank. Cooking the rock may not be a bad idea, but its a pain.

Your skimmer choice is a good one, less electricity and probably better performance.
 
I was refering to the bubblemaster, dont get me wrong the bullet 3 is tried and true, if you could fix it and its working for you I would keep it also.

I consider cooking rock extreme and could never keep up with it. I was just thinking along the lines of if you could indentify the source you could set up a plan to remove it. Example: high phosphates maybe run a gfo reactor.

I feel your pain I am going through the exact same thing and trying alot of the same things. Hopefully you can get it cleared up and I can copy you. :D


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